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Sir Charles,

OK by your nomenclature:



A 400-grainer soft and solid combo at anywhere from 1800 fps to 2500 fps should satisfy all ages of man and beast.
Might be able to get them shooting very close to same POI at close range where either a soft or solid might be used.
The pointier soft will make the long range hits easier.

Sir Saint Bagwell used a semi-soft lead 480-grainer at 1300 fps to do all with his .45-2.1-Incher Sharps with barrel sights.
The 400-grain Barnes Buster might do all at 1800 to 2000 fps in lever action or single shot.
Ditto the 480-grain DGX at 1600 fps or faster.
No need to expand for any of those to make a bloody big hole in anything needing it.



I'm saving the 480-gr DGX for my M1886 lever action.
If I ever needed 480 grainers in the .458 WM or .458 WM+
(not likely with 400-grain Shock Hammer on the way)
Bubba will cut off the tips of 500-gr TSX bullets.